Anger in Political Discourse

I was "chastised" for the tone of my email regarding a TV personality. OK, If I have the right to my opinion, that holds true for any other person as well.

However, while I agree with the writer, in theory, I shall just point out: being polite has not seemed to "win the day" in our political discourse, at least in recent memory. Civil rights are still being denied citizens - blacks, gays, Latinos - and all due to ignorance. We need to be angry - AND LOUD - about this.

Back in the 1860's, and even earlier, the discussion over whether human beings could own and abuse other human beings (slavery) was so hotly contested an issue, we had a very nasty war, AND an assassination, to resolve it. Sadly, those differences of opinion, and the racism engendered by such ignorance, are still present. The Civil War and the assassination of Mr. Lincoln were not good things, in retrospect, but there you are.

People felt very strongly about the issue of slavery. A mere century later, in the 1960's, the arguments over granting civil rights to ALL citizens sparked many a vehement argument. The desegregation of schools was even nastier - and more deadly - than the desegregation of the military, earlier.

In the late 1700's, matters between King George III and the colonists in this land, escalated to such a pitch, that - yes! - it took a war to settle THOSE differences.

Europe was forced into a bloody war because of the vile racist policies and ambitions of Hitler.

So, I posit that "sweetness and light" don't do squat in political discourse.

The opponents in a political discussion need to understand WE ARE ANGRY and demand that the status quo be changed...by violence if need be.

One could hope for a more civilized response...something Gandhian, perhaps, but an "animated" and vociferous exchange has worked in the past and will probably prove efficacious in the near future.

I do believe that "calling a spade, a spade" is, in fact, useful.

She, the "pundit" in question, needs to know I have utter contempt, not for her as a person, but for the benighted notions and opinions she holds and blathers on about. They are useless responses to the VERY pressing problems facing this Republic. I do not see that we have time to shilly-shally in a "political minuet."

Political "pundits," as a whole, should either try to help or get out of the way! They are as much the over-paid problem as our elected representatives: stirring up the crowd...and to what end?